Conjoined twins hit back at trolls after one of them gets married in fairytale wedding to army veteran
CONJOINED twins have hit back at trolls after one of them got married to an army veteran in a fairytale wedding.
Reality TV star Abby Hensel and her sister Brittany sent out a message to haters after recently releasing more footage from Abby’s big day.
Abby, 34, tied the knot with US Army veteran Josh Bowling in a private ceremony in 2021 and has recently begun sharing pictures and footage of the wedding on social media pages run by the twins.
That includes a video of the wedding dance, along with a montage from the special day that included a note thought to be directed at critics.
Captioned “We know you think you know us,” the twins also used Justine Skye’s 2014 song Collide in the background, with the lyrics: “I know you think that you know me, but you ain’t even seen my dark side.
“It’s reserved for you only so baby do me right, do me right.”
It comes after trolls bombarded the sisters with unkind messages after news of Abby and Josh’s marriage initially broke in March.
The news finally became public after marriage records were seen by Today.
A photo from the wedding shows the twins wearing a sleeveless white dress with Abby beaming at the camera.
The never-before-seen family snaps were posted online alongside a caption saying “forever”.
Posted to TikTok, the photo montage captures the joyous mood on the day of the wedding with the first image showing the twins, Josh and his eight-year-old daughter Isabella all smiling.
Another photograph showing the first dance shows Bowling dancing with the sisters who both have their hair styled in the same way with a half-up do with a bun pinned with a jewelled clip.
Bowling can be seen wearing a grey suit with his arms on the sisters’ waists as he gazes at Abby.
Like many of the videos shared to their social media the comments were flooded with a mixture of kind words from fans and some unneeded comments from trolls.
Many questioned how the relationship works despite the trio choosing to keep their lives to themselves at most times.
In response to the haters, the conjoined twins posted a video on TikTok with the caption: “This is a message to all the haters out there. If you don’t like what I do, but watch everything I’m doing, you’re still a fan.”
Abby and Josh’s relationship has been kept private and out of the public eye.
Bowling is a father-of-one and the family continues to live in Minnesota.
Almost two years after he married Abby, however, court documents revealed he was served a paternity suit.
It was filed by Joshua’s ex-wife, Annica, in a Minnesota court in October 2023, according to documents obtained by The New York Post.
Further information about the filing was not publicly available.
In April, the conjoined twins were showered with praise after sharing a sweet bikini snap.
The Hensel twins have their arm around a friend in the holiday snap as they pose on the beach.
Both are grinning widely as they soak up the sun.
Fans rushed to compliment the “beautiful” women, wishing them “love”.
Who are the Hensel twins?
CONJOINED twins Abby and Brittany bravely defied doctors concerns after they were born with a rare condition known as dicephalic parapagus in 1990.
Both women have their own heart, stomach and pair of lungs, but share a single body from the waist down.
Abby is in control of the right side of their body where as Brittany controls the left side.
Mother Patty, a nurse, and father Mike, a carpenter, had no idea they were having twins until the two girls came out.
Separating the babies would have required a hugely invasive and dangerous surgery that the parents weren’t prepared to commit to.
They say they rejected the idea because of the high risk of further disabilities and the fact both would be wheelchair-bound with one arm and one leg.
The twins first burst into the public eye when they were aged six as they appeared on the Oprah Winfrey Show in 1996.
On the show they explained how they operate the world together despite being permanently attached.
In their early teens, Abby and Brittany became the focus of a hit 2003 documentary named Joined For Life.
But with their young lives being on show the pair quickly encountered dreadful and nasty online trolls who taunted and teased them over their appearance and disability.
This caused the Hensel twins to keep their adult lives quiet including Abby’s marriage.
After going through college the pair became fifth grade math teachers at a school in New Brighton, Minnesota.